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CGIAR Fayoum visit
July 02, 2019

CGIAR visit to ICARDA’s Enhancing water productivity by improving on-farm irrigation management

CGIAR visit provides opportunity to promote understanding of how Egypt’s agricultural sector can enhance the productivity and sustainability of its water use.
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Exploring Jordan’s Rangeland Transition State
July 02, 2019

Exploring Jordan’s Rangeland Transition State

Rangelands in Jordan form around 80% of the land area. Severe land degradation exists due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Restoration attempts to reduce and mitigate rangeland degradation by using the micro-water harvesting techniques coupled with out-planting of native species on hill-slope areas, have been introduced and adopted in Jordan.
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Blog
July 02, 2019

Exploring Jordan’s Rangeland Transition

Rangelands in Jordan form around 80% of the land area. Severe land degradation is due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Restoration attempts to reduce and mitigate rangeland degradation by using the micro-water harvesting techniques coupled with out-planting of native species on hill-slope areas, have been introduced and adopted in Jordan.
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The Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI)
July 02, 2019

WADI: science-based practices to foster ethical water conservation in Jordan

10 out of 12 of Jordan’s underwater basins are overpumped. A new NGO, the Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI), was launched to engage local communities in land management and rehabilitation.
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Rabat, Morocco

Pre-breeding Utilizing Crop Wild Relatives

24-26 April 2019, Rabat, Morocco. First International Experts Workshop on Pre-breeding Utilizing Crop Wild Relatives (1st PBCWR). Using crop wild relatives (CWR) in crop improvement is much more difficult than breeding with domesticated...
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Modelling farmers' responses to irrigation water policies in Algeria: An economic assessment of volumetric irrigation prices and quotas in the Jijel–Taher irrigated perimeter
July 01, 2019

Modelling farmers' responses to irrigation water policies in Algeria: An economic assessment of volumetric irrigation prices and quotas in the Jijel–Taher irrigated perimeter

In Algeria, the management of water based on a strategy of supply and subsidies continues to be applied even as the resource becomes increasingly scarce. The demand for water in Algeria continues to grow, creating an imbalance between the...

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Estimation of Canal Water Deficit Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Lower Chenab Canal System
July 01, 2019

Estimation of Canal Water Deficit Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Lower Chenab Canal System

The timely precise information of land use land cover (LULC) in the canal command area can help in managing irrigation water according to the crop water requirement. A study was conducted to map the LULC of irrigated command area of three...

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Analysis of Economic and Environmental Impacts of Salinity on Livelihoods of Farmers in Iraq: An Examination of Economic Efficiency For Wheat Farms in Wasit Province
July 01, 2019

Analysis of Economic and Environmental Impacts of Salinity on Livelihoods of Farmers in Iraq: An Examination of Economic Efficiency For Wheat Farms in Wasit Province

The intensity and diversity of problems in the Iraqi agriculture sector have been of enormous proportions and have made it very difficult for most farmers to deal with the situation. At farm level, salinity has been a constraining factor...

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Johannesburg, South Africa

9th International Conference on Environment and Climate

This conference covers a wide range of critically vital sessions on environmental science and climate change.
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St Louis, USA

Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting

The theme of this meeting is 'Advocate Entomology' and the focus is on the innovative things that can be done to promote Entomology.
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